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Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire

Cuntius, Johannes (Pentsch Vampire)

Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire Johannes Cuntius, also known as the Pentsch Vampire, is one of the stranger cases in early modern vampire lore. His story comes from Silesia and was recorded
12 October 2017
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Devil’s Pact

A Devil’s pact is a pledge to serve the Devil or one of his Demons. The pact may be made orally, but according to lore it is best to write it on virgin parchment and sign it in blood. The
25 July 2017
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Padilha, Maria

Maria Padilha: Queen of Pomba Gira In the sixteenth century, Portugal became the first European nation

Minona

ORIGIN: Fon (Benin, formerly Dahomey) Minona is a powerful forest-dwelling spirit of magic, fertility, and domestic

Badi

Badi (mischiefs) are in Malayan mythology, Demons that inhabit animate and inanimate objects. Various accounts are given of their origin. One says they sprang from three drops of blood spilled by Adam
23 September 2017

Badessy

Badessy In Haitian voodoo, loa (deified spirit of the dead) of the winds. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow–
23 September 2017

Badal

badal (abdal) (substitute, double) In Islamic folklore, spirit of a man. The badal are known only to Allah. The number of badals varied. Some Islamic accounts give 40, some 30, others just
23 September 2017

Bachúe

Bachúe (she of the large breasts) In the mythology of the Chibcha Indians of Colombia, mother goddess and protector of crops. After the supreme god Chiminigagua had created light, the goddess Bachúe
23 September 2017

Bacchus

Bacchus In Greek and Roman mythology, a title for Dionysus, son of Zeus and Semele, who was a daughter of Cadmus; also called Liber. Numerous art and music works identify the god
23 September 2017

Bacalou

Bacalou In Haitian voodoo, an evil loa (deified spirit of the dead), represented by a skull and crossbones. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S.
23 September 2017

Bacabs

Bacabs (erected, set up) In Mayan mythology, four giant brothers who supported the four corners of the heavens, blowing the winds from the four cardinal points. They kept the sky in place
23 September 2017

Baby in the Oven

Baby in the Oven, The This urban legend usually includes a hippie-type young woman who has been left as babysitter for an infant. When the parents call in the middle of the
23 September 2017

Babushka-Lyagushka-Skakushka

Babushka-Lyagushka-Skakushka In Russian folklore this is “Grandmother Hopping Frog,” who lives in the Green Marsh. She is asked by Baba-Yaga to help Petrushka find the place I-Know-Not-Where and the thing I-Know-Not-What. The
23 September 2017

Babel, Tower of

Babel, Tower of (confusion) In the Bible, O.T., a ziggurat erected on the plains of Shinar by the descendants of Noah when they reached Babylonia. Genesis (11:1–9) says the plan was to
23 September 2017
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